Online Bulletin

Sunday, April 20, 2025

Hallelujah! The Lord is risen indeed.

Skycrest United Methodist Church is located in Clearwater, FL and welcomes and includes people of every age, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, economic status, and physical and mental ability. United, forgiven, and saved by our belief in Jesus Christ, we offer a loving environment to all seeking respite in God. We are a family. We are Skycrest.


Important Links


Order Of Service

Christ the Lord is Risen Today - Hymn #302

Welcome and Announcements

Graves Into Gardens

Opening Prayer

Scripture - John 20:1-18

Kids’ Moment

The Apostle’s Creed - Hymnal #881

Anthem by the Choir - Redeemer

Silent Prayer

Sermon - “Easter for the Rest of Us: Hope for All of Us”

Response to the Word -Thanksgiving Over Offering

Communion

Closing Song - Lift High the Cross

Benediction


Announcements

Easter Services will include 6:45 a.m. Sunrise Service at Crest Lake Park Pavillion 201B. Worship Service in the Sanctuary at 10:00 a.m. followed by Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited.

  • Pecans are Still Available - the United Women in Faith are selling pecans fresh from Georgia. One pound bags of halves or pieces are available for $12 each. They can be purchased in the office, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.


Scripture



Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’ 3 Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went towards the tomb. 4 The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
— John 20:1-18